Meanings
noundictyokinesis (usually uncountable, plural dictyokineses)
plural dictyokineses
- uncountableusuallyThe splitting of the Golgi apparatus during its normal reproductive cycle.
These phenomena emphasize the conclusion of Bowen (1920) that chondriokinesis and dictyokinesis involve a relation between the cytoplasmic formed bodies and the division-centers that means more than a merely fortuitous association.
1925, The American Naturalist November-December 1925: Vol 59 Iss 665, University of Chicago, acting through its Press, page 492
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